The Quack's Daughter : A True Story about the Private Life of a Victorian College Girl, Revised Edition /

Raised in the gritty Mississippi River town of Davenport, Iowa, Cora Keck could have walked straight out of a Susan Glaspell story. When Cora was sent to Vassar College in the fall of 1884, she was a typical unmotivated, newly rich party girl. Her improbable educational opportunity at "the firs...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Nettleton, Greta, 1957-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2014.
Édition:Revised edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Keck, Cora, > 1865-1921
Keck, Cora, > 1865-1921.
Vassar College.
Vassar College > Alumni and alumnae > Biography.
Women physicians.
Women musicians.
Women > Education (Higher)
Universities and colleges > Alumni and alumnae.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
EDUCATION > Higher.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
Femmes medecins > États-Unis > Biographies.
Musiciennes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Femmes > Enseignement superieur > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Women physicians > United States > Biography.
Women musicians > United States > Biography.
Women > Education (Higher) > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
Iowa > Davenport.
Davenport (Iowa) > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Raised in the gritty Mississippi River town of Davenport, Iowa, Cora Keck could have walked straight out of a Susan Glaspell story. When Cora was sent to Vassar College in the fall of 1884, she was a typical unmotivated, newly rich party girl. Her improbable educational opportunity at "the first great educational institution for womankind" turned into an enthralling journey of self-discovery as she struggled to meet the high standards in Vassar's School of Music while trying to shed her reputation as the daughter of a notorious quack and self-made millionaire: Mrs. Dr. Rebecca J. Keck, second
Description matérielle:1 online resource (419 pages).
ISBN:9781609382438

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